Burke faces initial indifference

Gubernatorial candidate will need to win over many Dems

6:27 PM,
Oct. 13, 2013

Mary Burke

Written by

Matthew DeFour
Wisconsin State Journal

Madison School Board member Mary Burke has locked down key Democratic Party support to challenge Gov. Scott Walker next fall, but she has yet to win over many pro-labor, rank-and-file activists.

The Democratic Governors Association, which doesn't typically endorse in primaries, already is backing Burke. The executive director of the state Democratic Party stepped down to run Burke's campaign. And U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the state's top-ranked elected Democrat, promoted Burke's three-minute campaign announcement video among her supporters.